An Historical View of the English Government: From the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Revolution in L688, Volume 3J. Mawman, 1803 |
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... Crowns , to that of the two kingdoms 73 CHAP . II . Changes in the Political State of England from the Acceffion of the Houfe of Stuart - The Advancement of Com- Page Commerce and Manufactures - Inftitu- tions for National Defence CONTENTS.
... Crowns , to that of the two kingdoms 73 CHAP . II . Changes in the Political State of England from the Acceffion of the Houfe of Stuart - The Advancement of Com- Page Commerce and Manufactures - Inftitu- tions for National Defence CONTENTS.
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... advancing any conjecture with respect to their caufes , are equally confpi- cuous , afferts that the collection of old laws afcribed to Mal- colm the Second , is a plain and palpable forgery . In proof of this affertion he feems to ...
... advancing any conjecture with respect to their caufes , are equally confpi- cuous , afferts that the collection of old laws afcribed to Mal- colm the Second , is a plain and palpable forgery . In proof of this affertion he feems to ...
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... advancement of mo- narchy in Scotland , fo far as it has not proceed- ed from accidental occurrences , two great causes may be affigned . 1. The nature of the country , rugged , moun- tainous , and in many parts hardly acceffible ...
... advancement of mo- narchy in Scotland , fo far as it has not proceed- ed from accidental occurrences , two great causes may be affigned . 1. The nature of the country , rugged , moun- tainous , and in many parts hardly acceffible ...
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... advancement of the crown , though , per- haps , it may be confidered as partly arifing from the former , was the flow progrefs of arts and manufactures . From the state of society in most of the countries of modern Europe , the king had ...
... advancement of the crown , though , per- haps , it may be confidered as partly arifing from the former , was the flow progrefs of arts and manufactures . From the state of society in most of the countries of modern Europe , the king had ...
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... advancement of fociety , the king was under the ncceffity of courting the lower orders of the community , and of promoting their freedom , from the view of undermining the power of the nobility , his immediate rivals . But in Scotland ...
... advancement of fociety , the king was under the ncceffity of courting the lower orders of the community , and of promoting their freedom , from the view of undermining the power of the nobility , his immediate rivals . But in Scotland ...
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Page 152 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Page 435 - ... of the kingdom, and altered it from a legal and limited monarchy to an arbitrary despotic power, and had governed the same to the subversion of the Protestant religion, and violation of the laws and liberties of the nation, inverting all the ends of government; whereby he had forfaulted the right of the crown, and the throne was become vacant...
Page 153 - Whether he might not take his subjects' money, when he needed it, without all this formality of parliament ? Neile replied, u God forbid you should not : for you are the breath of our nostrils.
Page 235 - Your majesty having tried all ways, and being refused, you shall be acquitted before God and man. And you have an army in Ireland that you may employ to reduce this kingdom to obedience ; for I am confident the Scots cannot hold out five months.
Page 170 - ... replied that there were many precedents in the late queen's time, where she had restrained the house from meddling in politics of divers kinds. This, as a matter of fact, was too notorious to be denied. A motion was made for a committee " to search for precedents of ancient as well as later times, that do concern any messages from the sovereign magistrate, king or queen of this realm, touching petitions offered to the house of commons.
Page 452 - ... that it may be declared and enacted, That all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration, are the true, ancient, and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom...
Page 349 - For they assured him, that there was more in this matter than he perceived ; that those who put him upon it were no enemies to Charles Stuart ; and that if he accepted of it, he would infallibly draw ruin on himself and friends. Having thus sounded their inclinations, that he might conclude in the manner he had begun, he told them they were a couple of scrupulous fellows, and so departed.
Page 449 - That the railing or keeping a (landing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unlefs it be with confent of parliament, is againft law.
Page 56 - The glaring impofition upon the public, thus attempted by the authority and direction of the crown, affords a noted example of the unprincipled meafures of that reign, and conveys a ftrong...
Page 348 - Lieutenant-General with him, where he began to droll with them about monarchy, and speaking slightly of it, said it was but a feather in a man's cap, and therefore wondered that men would not please the children, and permit them to enjoy their rattle.